The document provides guidance on writing for broadcast news, emphasizing that it should be concise, involve active voice, and utilize shorter sentences that are easily understood when read aloud. It also outlines the process of researching, gathering facts, conducting interviews, and transcribing interviews for news stories. Examples are given of transforming print news articles into a broadcast script format.

1. PROF. ANTHONY L. REBAMONTE, LPT
TECHNICAL TV NEWS WRITING

2. OBJECTIVES
 To demonstrate our understanding, the
process about Broadcast News Writing.
 To transcribe print to TV broadcast
format
 To practice news formats

3. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITING
 Must appeal to our ears and eyes.
 Different from print writing –
characterized by longer, more complex
sentences & more difficult words.
 In print writing, readers have more time
to comprehend what they are reading.

4. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITING
 Keep it simple, clear & concise
 Write as if you’re having a chat with a
friend
 Pay attention to sentence structure;
different than print

5. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITING
 Use descriptive language to take
viewers to the heart of the story.
 Write in active voice. Subject-verb-
object.

6. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITING Write in active voice. Subject-verb-object.
PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE
AFTER THE 5.5
QUAKE, THE
BUILDING WAS
EVACUATED BY
THE STUDENTS
STUDENTS
EVACUATE THE
BUILDING AFTER
THE 5.5 QUAKE

7. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITING Write in active voice. Subject-verb-object.
PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE
THE TV WRITING
WORKSHOP WAS
FACILITATED BY THE
ORGANIZATION
THE
ORGANIZATION
FACILITATES THE
TV WRITING

8. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITING
Involve people of your story.
It means a lot when they are
asked about the news.

9. WHY SHORTER
SENTENCES?
 Shorter sentences are mote easily
understood than long ones.
 Broadcast copy must be read out load.
If you write a sentence that’s too long,
you will be gasping for breath just to
finish it.

10. WHY SHORTER
SENTENCES?
Read out load as you write.

11. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITINGPRINT BROADCAST
FOUR persons were confirmed
dead, while 15 others are
recuperating in a hospital after
a fatal crash Tuesday
afternoon, September 10, along
McArthur Highway, Central 1
in Barangay Binugao, Toril,
Davao City.

12. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITINGPRINT BROADCAST
DAVAO City Mayor Sara
Duterte-Carpio issued a
warning against groups using
her name in a bid to illegally
trade the fossilized “taklobo”
or giant clams.

13. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITINGPRINT BROADCAST
DAVAO City Mayor Sara
Duterte-Carpio issued a
warning against groups using
her name in a bid to illegally
trade the fossilized “taklobo”
or giant clams.

14. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITINGPRINT BROADCAST
Patay ang isang 26 anyos na
seaman matapos mahulog sa
dagat habang naglilinis ng
bintana ng barko noong
Setyembre 5 sa Livorno, Italy.
Nakilala ang Pinoy na si
Marvin Galero, seafarer ng
cruise ship na Vision of the
Seas.

15. BROADCAST NEWS
WRITINGPRINT BROADCAST
DAVAO CITY – Tutukan
sumala pa sa bag-ong
napahimutang nga PNP
Provincial Director sa
Davao del Norte ang
sunod-sunod nga patay sa
nahisgutang probinsya.

16. THE PROCESS
 Research the issue/story
 Gather relevant data/facts
 Identify key elements to the story
 Determine who would be best to interview
 Conduct interviews
 Transcribe interviews, selecting portions that
will best suit your story.

17. INTERVIEWS
 Draft a set of general questions
 Let the chat flow naturally
 Avoid ‘laundry’ list of questions
 Ask questions that will evoke emotions;
how the person feels.

18. INTERVIEWS
 Ask open-ended questions; avoid YES
OR NO answers.
 WHY & HOW questions tend to
generate meaning responses.
 Ask them to describe (how they feel, the
impact, the situation)

19. INTERVIEWS
 If there is anything they’d like to add.
Oftentimes, this leads to some of the
best responses.

20. TRANSCRIBING NEWS PRINTTO BROADCAST
WORKSHOP NO. 1

21. TRANSCRIBE THIS PRINT NEWS TO
BROADCASTDAVAO City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office
(CDRRMO) conducted preemptive evacuation to several families
residing in the coastal communities to safer grounds after waves
battered the shorelines anew yesterday, September 13, brought
about by monsoon waves and high tide.
Based on the update from CDRRMO issued around 6:16 a.m.
yesterday, September 13, its operations center advised all Barangay
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (BDRRMCs)
and volunteer responders to conduct pre-emptive evacuation to
residents in coastal communities in barangays 21-C, 23-C and
Talomo Proper.

22. ACTIVITY GUIDELINES

23. TV NEWS SCRIPTWRITING FORMAT

24. TV NEWS SCRIPT FORMAT

25. TV NEWS SCRIPT FORMAT

26. TV NEWS SCRIPT FORMAT

27. TV NEWS SCRIPT FORMAT

28. TV NEWS SCRIPT FORMAT

29. TV NEWS SCRIPT FORMAT

30. SAMPLE TRANSCRIPTION
(SOUNDBITE)

31. TV NEWS SCRIPT FORMAT

32. TV NEWS SCRIPT FORMAT

33. TV NEWS SCRIPT FORMAT

34. SAMPLE TRANSCRIPTION
(SOUNDBITE)